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Brahimi on Syria: 'We need to get out of this vicious circle'

UN Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said that there is "no military solution" to the Syrian conflict.
U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi addresses the media before a meeting on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva June 25, 2013.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) - RTX1104B

UN Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday that divisions in the Syrian opposition are a key factor delaying a planned peace conference, as well as remaining differences between Washington and Moscow over who should attend.

“The opposition is divided, that is no secret,” Brahimi, speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Monday, in response to a question from Al-Monitor about why the Geneva II conference has been pushed back until at least the fall.

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